Briefs: James City/gloucester

April 23, 2003|By Daily Press

Store employees robbed at gunpoint

JAMES CITY - Two employees of the Dollar Tree in the 800 block of Merrimac Trail in upper York County were robbed at gunpoint when they left the store for the night at 10:07 p.m. Friday, the York County Sheriff's Office said.

A man in a ski mask with a silver handgun demanded the business deposit they were carrying and ran away. He was described by police as 17 to 25 years old and 5 feet 8 inches tall. He is about 165 pounds and dressed all in black.

2 arrested, cocaine seized in Hayes

GLOUCESTER - Two Hampton people are charged with distributing cocaine after police said they sold crack cocaine to undercover officers in Gloucester County.

Sheriff's Capt. Darrell Warren said the two were arrested Thursday at York River Crossing shopping center in the Hayes community.

Warren identified the suspects as Elizabeth Hoopes, 46, of the 300 block of Wilton Avenue, and George Dorsey, 19, of the 400 block of Walnut Street.

Crack cocaine valued at about $1,200 was seized at the time of the arrest by members of the Middle Peninsula Drug Task Force, Warren said.